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My talk for the Georgia Game Developer’s Association last month is now on YouTube. Thanks again for the opportunity! The game development landscape in 2018 is vast, with handheld devices, consoles, PC, and even mixed reality. With so much out there, it can be staggering to get started, even if you’re a veteran. During…

A while back I realized that my Xbox Live account was associated with someone else’s Epic Games account. Because of this, I could not play Fortnite on my Xbox. Despite all of my searching, and learning that there are many people with the same issue, I learned that Epic didn’t have an answer either. Their…

Since 2007, Arc onyx provided animation and visual effects service to the TV and film industries. Recently, Arc onyx made the transition to indie game development to pursue projects with philanthropic goals. When we started planning the game to create this year, we came across many wonderful organizations (like GameChangerCharity.org) that use games to help…

I just returned from the annual Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco after working at the Xbox booth, and we had several questions about our newly announced updates to the Xbox Live Creators Program. The biggest change is this: “Xbox Live will soon be open to all developers via the Xbox Live Creators Program –…

Developers no longer need a developer kit to create games on their Xbox One. Microsoft has opened the platform to all developers now, and anyone can get started for free, with their retail Xbox One. @ShahedC Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/xbox-one-dev-mode More Content Step-by-step instructions for activating developer mode How do I get my game on Xbox One?…

This week I am joined by Chris Love, who is a Microsoft MVP for 8 years ASP.NET and is now making the transition to the new category, front-end web dev. Chris has an extensive background in web development, and specifically around performance, which is one reason I wanted to bring him on the show, but…

Listen to the podcast Download the .mp3 Subscribe via iTunes Sean Colombo has been making games for 15 years. After quitting college to run web-startup “LyricWiki”, he sold the site to Wikia in 2009. A couple years later he founded BlueLine Games to focus on making digital versions of award-winning board games. BlueLine’s flagship games…

Chris Charla, Director of ID@Xbox, discusses independent development on Xbox One and Windows 10. [00:57] – Who is Chris Charla [03:25] – What is ID@Xbox and how does it work? [04:58] – Windows 10 and the Universal App Platform [08:35] – Why be a part of ID@Xbox on Windows 10? [10:17] – What’s the…

So I play a lot of games (Heroes of the Storm!) and I frequently want to record what I’m doing, so that I can provide commentary for others, but also so that I can learn from my mistakes. I generally use a tool like Camtasia for my recording and editing, especially outside of gaming, but…

I’m sure the Xbox will always have a special place in the hearts of many of us, but it surely wasn’t Microsoft’s first foray into gaming. For nearly two decades prior to that, Microsoft’s DOS and Windows operating systems had games running on them. It wasn’t until the first implementation of Microsoft’s DirectX API for…